Louis joseph arthur fernandes



(No Model.)

L. J. A. FERNANDES. BOTTLE AND STOPPER THEREFOR.

Patente d 00ft. 5,1897.

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v UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

LOUIs JOSEPH ARTHUR FERNANDES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE AND STOPPER THEREFOR.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,336, datedOctober 5, 1897.

Application filed February 2, 1897. Serial No- 621,666. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIs JOSEPH ARTHUR FERNANDES, of New York city, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bottles and Stoppers Therefor, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to construct a bottle made entirely ofglass and provided with a valve so arranged that the contents of thebottle may be emptied therefrom, but

the bottle cannot be refilled after having been emptied and be presentedagain as an original package. j

A further object of the invention is to construct a bottle on the linesabove described which will be simple and economic and the contents ofwhich will be easily accessible.

. The invention consists in the'novel construction and combination ofthe several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointedout in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the upper portion Of the body ofthe bottle, the neck, and the valve cage or casing, showing the valve inits closing position. vertical section through'the upper portion of thebody of the bottle and its neck and the valve cage or casing,illustrating the neck of the bottle in a horizontal position, the'valvebeing still in closing position. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, thevalve being shown as removed from its seat to admit of the exit ofliquid from the bottle. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the lineat 4 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a similar section taken on the line 5 5 ofFig. 1. W

The bodyA of thebottle may be of any de sired shape. Its neck A isprovided at its upper portion with an internal shoulder 10 and anexternal recess 11, together with an external shoulder 12 below theexternal recess 11. ,Within the neck A of the bottle a valve-cage B islocated. This valve-cage is Fig. 2 is a is placed in position in theneckA of the bottle the offsets-14 will rest upon the interthe cap is in twodiameters, forming two internal shoulders 16 and 17 at predetermineddistances apart, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The greatest interiordiameter of the valvecage is at the bottom thereof, and within thevalve-cage a valve 0 is located, the exterior whereof is in differentdiameters, the diameters of said exterior corresponding to the internaldiameters of the valve-cage. The bottom 18 Of'the valve is therefore ofgreatest diameter, and its lower extremity is made cylindrical or isrounded off. The next upper section 19 is of less diameter than that ofthe lowersection 18, while the upper section 20 of the valve is of suchdiameter that it may move freely in the cap 15 of the valvecage. Aspring 21 is located between the top of the cap 15 and the upper portionof the valve, as shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 3.

This spring serves to normally hold the lower portion or section 18 ofthe valve firmly in a seat 22, which is formed near the junction of theneck'A of the bottle with the body pOr-' tion of the same.

An extension A is provided for the neck of the bottle, beingintended toconstitute, practically, an integral portion of the main neck.

.Theextension A of the neck is provided with a cup-flange 23 at itslower edge. The bottom of the extension A rests upon the outer end ofthe neck proper, A, while the lower edge of the cup-flange 23 fits uponthe exter nal shoulder 12 of the main neck, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and3. The cup-flange of the neck extension is located around the externalgroove 11 in the main neck and is provided with two apertures 24,ordinarily placed opposite each other, and the extension of the neck issecured uponcthe neck proper by filling the space between the cup-flangeof the extension and the outer face of the main portion A of the neckwith a cementing material or compound 25, which is poured into the spacebetween the flange and the main neck through one of the openings 24, theair passing out through the opposite opening.

At the bottom portion of the neck extension A an interiorgroove 26 isformed, which is located over the projections or oitsets 14 from theribs of the valve-cage. The exterior diameter of the valve-cageindependent of its ribs is practically of the same diameter or of agreater diameter than the diameter of the extension of the neck, so asto prevent an instrument being introduced through the extension of theneck into the space between the valve-cage and the main portion of theneck for the purpose of tampering with the valve, and should such aninstrument by any possibility be introduced for this purpose it will beso bent that it will have no influence whatever upon the valve.

A cork 27 is placed in the top portion of the neck extension A when thebot-tle is in transportation. the exception of the cementing materialconnecting the two portions of the neck and the spring 21, arepreferably made of glass.

In operation when the bottle is in an upright position, as shown in Fig.1, the weight of the valve 0 and the influence of the spring 21 willserve to hold the valve firmly in its seat 22, preventing any liquidbeing introduced into the body of the bottle, and even when the bottleis in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2, the spring 21 willprevent the unseating of the valve, and when the bottle is carried belowthe perpendicular to any appreciable extent, as shown in Fig. 3, thevalve will gravitate outward, overcoming the resistance of the spring 21and unseat itself. Consequently the liquid can flow from the body of thebottle through the spaces between the valve-cage and neck out throughthe mouth of the latter.

It will be observed that the valve C has two points of bearing in thevalve-cage when the valve is open and that the valve cannot open orcompress the spring 21 except to a certain extent and that the valvewill always be guided directly to its seat when the bottle is restoredto a horizontal or to a vertical position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination with the neck of a bottle providedwith a valve-seat, of a valve-cage stationarily placed in the neck abovesaid seat and leaving spaces between said cage and bottle-neck, saidvalve-cage being placed with its body portion flush with the upper edgeof All parts of this bottle, with the bottle-neck and having a cap ofless diameter than said body portion and extending above the upper edgeof the said neck, a valve having sliding movement in the valve-cage,being adapted to normally rest upon said valve-seat, an extension of theneck of the bottle formed with the diameter of its interior equal to theexterior diameter of the body portion of the valve-cage, and means forsecuring said extension to the main portion of the neck of the bottle,as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with the neck of a bottle provided with a valve-seat,and at its upper edge with an internal shoulder, of a valvecage having amain or body portion flush with the upper edge of the neck and formedwith exterior ribs having offsets resting upon said internal shoulder,said ribs engaging with the interior walls of the bottle-neck andleaving spaces between said cage and neck, a valve having slidingmovement in said cage and adapt-ed to normally rest upon saidvalve-seat, and an extension permanently secured to said bottle-neck andresting upon the upper edge of said neck and upon the said oifsets andformed with an internal groove located above the ribs of the valve-cage,as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with the neck of a bottle having a valve-seattherein, an external groove near its mouth, a shoulder beyond the saidgroove, and an internal shoulder near the mouth; of a valve-cage havingits body portion flush with the upper edge of the neck and formed with acap of less diameter than said body portion and extending above theupper edge of the neck, ribs on the sides of the valve-cage, said ribscontacting with the interior walls of the neck and provided with offsetswhich engage with the internal shoulder, a valve held to slide in saidcage, and an extension of the main neck, being of internal diameterequal to the exterior diameter of the body portion of the valve-cage,said extension resting upon said oifsets and being pro- IIO

